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TIL Sydney Funnel Web spiders can survive falling into a backyard pool for up to 30 hours, and can still fatally bite you under water.

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nevN7 TIL that the US Air Force seriously considered and researched Nuking the Moon as a show of force after Russia launched Sputnik, but scrapped it at the last minute as they felt landing on it would be better received by the public.
GYG84 TIL that Burbot are commonly referred to as the "Lawyer fish" by fishermen because their heart is found right by their "rear end."
epO7k TIL Samwise's (Sean Astin) dad is Gomez Addams (John Astin)
V6xk TIL the term “Bus Factor” - The number of people in a company who need to be ‘run over by a bus’ to send the company into such disarray that it would not be able to proceed.
awBYJ TIL Geese Can Fly Over Mt. Everest. The geese have been directly recorded at heights of more than 7,000m (23,000 ft) and mountaineers have claimed they have seen the birds fly over Mount Everest.